Sham, ousted President Bashar al-Assad, ending his family's decades-long rule. The rebels are now leading a fragile ...

Sam Heller is an Analyst and a Fellow with Century International, the Century Foundation’s center for international research ...

In the coastal city of Latakia, long an Assad stronghold, Lina Akhras, a parish council secretary at the St George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, said on Sunday that Christians had been "comfortable" under ...

The new rulers are taking control of institutions hollowed out by corruption and a devastated economy – amid a desire for ...

There's nervous tension and fear of reprisals in one Alawite community due to the widespread view they received better ...